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Originally Posted by Name User
(Post 1781848)
How much of that $600 do you think went to liability insurance off the top? Then add another 30% for government taxes. Cost of the rig, mx, consumables, various government fees, marketing, office space, the list goes on. Plus being contract he's not making that day in and day out (although I hear work up in ND, UT, NM is pretty steady).
If y'all think you can drop a couple grand and take a 6 month community college course, get a 4G cert, and make $100/hr 40+ hours a week go for it. Personally, I wouldn't quit your day job, welding (real welding) is an art/science/engineering all rolled up into one trade. |
I am into metal working, and machining. Have a lathe and milling machine. I can machine some nice stuff, but I sure as hell can't weld worth a damn! It is an art, and I am not an artist!
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Originally Posted by RockyBoy
(Post 1781933)
This guy is nonstop busy up there. Has been for 4 years. He has made a small fortune. I agree with you on the welding. Can't just take a course and know how to weld. It's tougher than everyone thinks it is.
Not really comparable to the rest of the country for anything. What does a single bedroom apt rent for up there nowadays? Last I heard in Williston is was over $2k for a crappy one. There is a lot of money up there but I have a feeling it's going to crash soon. |
I was a welder before I quit and started flying full time. Biggest mistake of my life. As a welder I was bringing home $4500/week and that was no rig truck. The oil industry counts for very little of the actual welding jobs out there. Energy companies are the place to be.
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Originally Posted by Is offline
(Post 1782083)
I was a welder before I quit and started flying full time. Biggest mistake of my life. As a welder I was bringing home $4500/week and that was no rig truck. The oil industry counts for very little of the actual welding jobs out there. Energy companies are the place to be.
$18000/month and you quit to fly? And you continue to fly? |
Originally Posted by Name User
(Post 1781980)
You're talking about an area of the country where strippers fly in for the weekend because they make so much money.
Not really comparable to the rest of the country for anything. What does a single bedroom apt rent for up there nowadays? Last I heard in Williston is was over $2k for a crappy one. There is a lot of money up there but I have a feeling it's going to crash soon. |
I was a welder before and during college, with my own truck.
I still haven't met that annual income, almost 20 years later. |
I doubt this 'headline' is any more accurate in the big picture than if I posted 'Pilot makes $300,000'
Sure there is a pilot that makes that much, and more, but then this forum would have 20 pages ridiculing the author for not pointing out that it is only the very top percentage that make that much. Seems that people are quick to latch onto these stories for other professions. |
Try getting one of those welding jobs with Oil now down in the 50's, heading to 40's..
The only good news is that those CRJ200s are now cheap to operate! |
Originally Posted by NewPil0t
(Post 1782333)
Try getting one of those welding jobs with Oil now down in the 50's, heading to 40's..
The only good news is that those CRJ200s are now cheap to operate! |
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